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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gavot \Gav"ot\, Gavotte \Gav"otte\(? or ?; 277), n. [F. gavotte,
fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in
France, called Gap.] (Mus.)
A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple
time. [WordNet sense 1]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte,
having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet
dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over.
[WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]